Month: April 2014

Prince Harry Announced as Guest of Honour for the Step Short Arch Ceremony

We are delighted that HRH Prince Harry will be the guest of honour on 4th August 2014 at the ceremony to mark the opening of the First World War centenary memorial arch in Folkestone. Prince Harry will be invited to perform the official opening of the arch, which stands over the route taken by millions […]

HS1 boosts economy in Folkestone and Hythe

A new report published this week shows that the Folkestone and Hythe area has been the biggest beneficiary so far from High Speed Rail. The Institute for Economic Affairs report shows that we have seen the best performance in terms of the increase in the percentage of working age population in work, compared with the […]

Football Governance Reformation Bill

On April 3rd 2014, I submitted a Bill to Parliament regarding the reformation of football governance in England. The Bill proposes that all football clubs in England would only be entitled to play in the top eight levels of professional and semi-professional if they publicly declare the ownership of the club. If enacted, the Bill […]

Positive news for the local economy

The Folkestone and Hythe constituency saw a big fall in unemployment last month, according to the latest figures published last week. The overall unemployment rate is now nearly 25% lower than it was in May 2010. Last month this area saw the biggest fall in unemployment in Kent, and over the last year the rate […]

GPs get cash boost for out of hours services

GPs in Folkestone and Dover received a boost this week, with the granting of £1.89 million to improve access to their services for patients. The grant comes from Prime Minister David Cameron’s challenge fund, which has been set up to help give GPs the resources to offer a more flexible service to their communities. Folkestone […]

Campaign for local fishermen succeeds

For the last year I have been campaigning with our local fishermen to keep Hythe Bay open for commercial fishing. We have taken this campaign to the door of 10 Downing Street, where we presented a petition demonstrating the strength of feeling on this issue. I also organised a special debate in the House of […]

How the Help to Buy Scheme works

Below I outline how the Help to Buy Scheme works to support first time buyers and boost manufacturing. The way the Help to Buy scheme works is that you can borrow money from the Government towards your deposit. The Government will loan you 20% of the value of the property you want to buy, but […]

How the Budget Helps Pensioners

I outline below how the budget will help pensioners through reforms to the pension's system and ISAs. Pensioners will benefit from the Budget by the improved rates for savings that we’re going to offer through our new pensioner bonds, through reforming the way that ISAs work, which again will make it much easier to save […]

How the Budget Helps Businesses

I outline below how the budget will help businesses through cutting business taxes, encouraging exports and easing some of the costs of everyday expenses. This is a good Budget for businesses, because the Budget reduces business taxes. It also helps give incentive to business to invest in growth by giving them tax breaks in the […]

How the Budget Helps Young People

Below I outline how the budget will help young people by tackling youth unemployment through the apprenticeships scheme. You could say that the whole of the Budget is about young people because the Budget is about the future of the country.  And the big message from the Government is that we don’t want the next […]

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